a very closed and rigged system.

With this rigged system, lawmakers are choosing their voters rather than voters choosing their lawmakers.

Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be done. The line between honesty and dishonesty is a narrow, shifting one and usually lets those get by that are the most subtle and already have more than they can use.

I think this whole thing is rigged.

We closed out their shooters in the first half, but we didn't do that in the second. We didn't block out for rebounds, and we turned the ball over.

During the Cold War, the United States took its friends where it found them. If they were willing to cast their lot with us, from the Shah to Gen. Pinochet, we welcomed them. Democratic dissidents like Jawaharlal Nehru in India and Olof Palme in Sweden got the back of our hand.